Improvement in hampering-pads for horses



W413. WASHBURN; Ham'pering-Pads'for Horses.

No. 213,265. Patented Mar. 11, 1879.

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UNITED-STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALLACE E. WASHBUEN, OF SAOKETS HARBOR, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAMPERlNG-PADS FOR HORSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 21 3,265, dated March11, 1879 application filed September '28, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALLACE E. WASH- BURN,-of Sackets Harbor, in thecounty of Jefferson and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Hampering-Pads for Horses, of which the followingis a specification:

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved hampering-pad for horses, shownas applied to a horse. Fig. 2 is a front view of the pad, part beingbroken away to show the construction. Fig. 3 is a detail section of thepad, taken through the line a: m, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved hampering-pad forjumping horses, which will deter them from jumping fences, while leavingthem entirely free to eat, drink, lie down, get up, and move around, andwhich will not wear the inane, gall the neck, or pound the knees, likean ordinary yoke.

The invention consists in the hamperingpad formed of the two plates, thefasteningstraps, the stop-straps, and the sharp-pointed angular springs,as hereinafter fully described.

A B are two plates of leather, of the same shape and size, except thatthe upper plate may be a little lighter than the lower one. The loweredges of the plates A B are out upon a curve, and their upper edges areconcaved upon a curve to fit upon the lower part of the horses neck. Toone end of the plates A B is attached a strap, 0, to be passed over theneck of the horse and buckledinto a buckle, 1), attached to the otherend of the said plates A B. To the end parts of the plates A B areattached two buckles, E, into which are buckled the forward ends of theside straps F. The side straps F have loops formed in their rear ends,to receive the girth G, which is buckled around the body of the horse.To and between the plates A B, near their concave edges, are secured, byrivets or other substantial means, the upper ends of a set of springs,H, which are bent forward, so as to raise the upper plate, A, away fromthe lower one, B. The springs H are made of different lengths, and theirfree ends are bent inward at right angles, and are sharpened to a point.The springs H are secured at their angles to the upper plate, A, by wireor other substantial loops, 1. In the lower plate, B, directly oppositethe points of the spring H, are formed holes b, as shown in Figs. 2 and3. To the outer or free edges of the plates A B are at- I tached shortstop-straps J, to prevent the said edges from being pushed too far apartby the springs H.

A horse, when left free, never attempts to jump a fence, unlessfrightened, without first trying it. This he does by putting his headover the fence and pressing against it with his breast. When he isprovided with my improved hampering-pad and presses against the fencethe pressure forces the sharp points of the springs H through theholes bin the plate B, and causes them to prick his breast. After a few trialsof this kind he becomes afraid of the fence and will keep away from it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The hampering-pad formed of the plates A B, the straps O F F G, thestop-straps J, and the sharp-pointed angular springs H, substantially asherein shown and described.

WALLACE n. WASHBURN.

Witnesses O. BIsHoP, CHAS. DBYDEN.

